Black Arts Movement
From 2006 – 2010, Rude Mechs proudly assisted Pro Arts Collective with their Black Arts Movement Festival by giving The Off Center, The Off Shoot and The Center Center to celebrate African American artists in the new millennium to put the spotlight on the Black aesthetic of modern artists.
BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2010
COMEDY: Kelvin Girdy, Lashonda Lester, In House Freestyle, Black Prince
THEATRE: Nadine Mozon • Altered Stages
BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2008
THEATRE: Delta Rhapsody featuring Nadine Mozon • directed by Madge Darlington
BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2007
DANCE: featuring Urban Ballet Teater (NYC), Spelman College (Atlanta) and UpRise! (Austin)
THEATRE: featuring The Universes (NYC) • Incognito (Michael Fosberg) • Spoken Word
BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2006
DANCE: Robert Moses’ Kin (San Francisco) • ACC Dance Department (Austin) • Dallas Black Dance (Dallas) • UpRise! (Austin)
THEATRE: M.U.G.A.B.E.E. (Mississippi) • Zell Miller III (Austin) • iTheatre Collaborative (Phoenix)
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About Rude Fusion
Rude Fusion is a program designed to develop deeper relationships with some of Austin’s finest theatre artists by offering material, financial and creative support for their new works, and by helping bring nationally acclaimed artists to town. Rude Fusion aims to help artists to take artistic risks, explore new ideas and keep their focus on artist pay and production values.